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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 20, 1965 reads "Trisha Lynn Wheeler, 2 1/2 -week-old baby, wore a very special white lace gown at a very special occasion this week. The gown is 65-years-old and she's the fourth generation of her family to wear it at a baptismal service. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wheeler, the proud parents, watched as Fr. Lee Pritz baptized Trisha at Our Lady of Holy Rosary Church, Ratner and Vineland Streets, Sun Valley."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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